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765:Atari Falcon
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377:to Tramiel.
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296:Jack Tramiel
265:Headquarters
243:Merged into
216:Jack Tramiel
153:Company type
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48:Please help
43:verification
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2679:Peripherals
2476:Stunt Cycle
2437:Atari BASIC
2374:Triple Hunt
2318:Stunt Cycle
2129:Major Havoc
2101:Jet Fighter
1961:Black Widow
1849:(1977–1980)
1832:Atari Games
1810:(1984–1996)
1804:(1972–1992)
1802:Atari, Inc.
1677:October 23,
1437:Digital Spy
1393:P.C. Letter
1335:October 22,
814:(cancelled)
747:Atari TT030
735:Atari STacy
667:Virtual War
595:Sega Saturn
375:Atari, Inc.
188:Atari, Inc.
184:Predecessor
175:Video games
2764:Categories
2633:Prototypes
2559:Game Brain
2552:Prototypes
2538:VCS (2021)
2405:Prototypes
2381:Ultra Tank
2339:Super Pong
2304:Starship 1
2262:Space Race
2255:Space Duel
2241:Shark Jaws
2192:Quadrapong
2038:Food Fight
2024:Fire Truck
1954:Battlezone
1625:August 15,
1528:August 15,
1497:August 15,
1325:AtariLeaks
1085:"Atari PC"
906:Ziff Davis
882:References
806:Atari Lynx
787:Atari 7800
779:Atari XEGS
705:Infogrames
484:Atari 7800
467:Atari 7800
394:Atari Lynx
390:Atari 7800
331:Atari Lynx
321:Atari 7800
288:Key people
274:California
245:JT Storage
232:1996-07-30
204:1984-05-17
76:newspapers
2670:Portfolio
2469:Home Pong
2451:Atari DOS
2332:Super Bug
2297:Star Wars
2248:Sky Diver
2227:Red Baron
2206:Quiz Show
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2115:Liberator
2010:Destroyer
1982:Centipede
1947:Avalanche
1919:Asteroids
1868:MobyGames
1863:Kee Games
1442:April 13,
1399:(2): 1–4.
1121:March 26,
545:Microsoft
532:in 1989.
434:in 1998.
422:JTS Corp.
270:Sunnyvale
255:Successor
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2604:Atari ST
2395:Warlords
2290:Sprint 8
2283:Sprint 4
2276:Sprint 2
2269:Sprint 1
2164:Pin-Pong
2094:Indy 800
2080:I, Robot
2066:Gravitar
1968:Breakout
1842:AtariAge
1814:Atari SA
1174:June 24,
1147:July 16,
961:GameSpot
796:" (1986)
729:Atari ST
681:to form
675:JTS Inc.
646:FlipOut!
571:Game Boy
567:Nintendo
463:Atari ST
459:Atari ST
427:de facto
407:Warbirds
386:Atari XE
382:Atari ST
316:Atari ST
309:Products
163:Industry
145:Formerly
2665:ST Book
2574:Panther
2413:Tank II
2360:Tempest
2220:Rebound
2199:Quantum
2185:Pursuit
2031:Firefox
2017:Dominos
1901:Arcades
1795:Primary
1647:May 14,
1593:GamePro
1460:GamePro
1201:July 4,
988:GamePro
820:(1993)
775:(1985)
759:ST BOOK
731:(1985)
640:Baldies
438:History
402:porting
230: (
222:Defunct
212:Founder
202: (
194:Founded
157:Private
90:scholar
2640:Sierra
2624:Falcon
2579:Sierra
2564:Cosmos
2526:Jaguar
2353:Tank 8
2157:Outlaw
2108:LeMans
2087:Indy 4
2073:Hi-way
2045:Gotcha
1878:Tengen
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593:; the
586:64-bit
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